| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Library and Information Science Ser. ; v. 62 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Library and Information Science Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Academic Scientific and Technical Libraries: Some 19th and 20th Century Tales -- Introduction -- Collections -- Departmental Libraries: Convenient but Costly -- The Future -- Science and Technology Departments in Public Libraries: A Review of the Past Century -- The Beginnings -- The Turn of the Century -- After World War II -- Scientific and Technical Libraries in the Federal Government: One Hundred Years of Service -- Introduction -- Studies |
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Early Beginnings -- Increased Development -- Departmental Libraries -- Independent Agencies -- The National Libraries -- Trends in Federal Scientific and Technical Libraries and Information Centers -- Corporate Science and Technology Libraries: One Hundred Years of Progress -- Early Development: Pre-World War I -- World War I -- 1940 -- Post-World War II -- 1988 and Beyond -- Information-Retrieval: A 35-Year Personal Perspective -- I. Accountability and Responsibility -- II. An Approach to the Computer World -- III. A National Plan for Abstracting and Indexing Services? |
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IV. Information Environments -- V. Brenner's Laws of Information Science -- Education for Sci-Tech Librarianship: Retrospect and Prospect -- Retrospect -- Current Trends -- Prospect -- Special Paper -- Statistical Data for Stand-Alone Science/Engineering Libraries in the United States and Canada 1984/1985 -- Background -- Membership -- Tables -- Sci-Tech Collections -- CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing): A History of the Technology and Guide to the Literature Part II -- Appendix 1: Acronym Glossary -- Appendix 2: Classified CAD/CAM Bibliography |
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Appendix 3: Associations and Societies -- Research Centers -- Online Venders -- New Reference Works in Science and Technology -- Sci-Tech in Review |
| Summary |
This book, first published in 1988, celebrates the development of sci-tech libraries in honour of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first library school in the United States. The expert contributors provide a survey of the development of sci-tech libraries as well as some thoughts about their future. This comprehensive volume covers several types of sci-tech libraries, information retrieval, and library education. Library professionals will be fascinated but the journey of progress detailed in these well-written chapters |
| Notes |
"First published in 1988 by The Haworth Press, Inc." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Ellis Mount |
| Subject |
Science and technology libraries -- United States -- History
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Library science -- United States -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science.
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Library science
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Science and technology libraries
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mount, Ellis.
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| ISBN |
9781000758924 |
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1000758923 |
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9780429345364 |
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0429345364 |
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9781000758184 |
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1000758184 |
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9781000758559 |
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1000758559 |
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